Three months later...

In a forest, a walker was eating something. Suddenly an axe came out from a bush and chopped it in the head. The axe belonged to Lee, who now wore a brown leather jacket over a red shirt and dark jeans. Ulrich, William, and a man with glasses and a rifle walked over to him.

"What'd they get this time?" William, who now wore a black jacket instead of his brown one over a dark blue T-shirt and dark blue jeans, asked putting away a switchblade he found.

"Looks like a rabbit." said Lee. "Another meal gone," the man with glasses muttered.

"Eh, wouldn't be that filling anyway." Ulrich, who now wore a dark blue jacket over a dark green T-shirt and brown pants, commented with a shrug.

"I can't believe we went through all that food in just three months." the man with glasses sighed.

"Well, maybe you shouldn't have opened the door." said Lee. "Yeah, except I'd be food by now," the man said.

"A rabbits not that much of a meal, Mark, but I'm sure Odd would take it. We're all starved here." William reasoned. "No kidding," the man, Mark, said. "When I accidentally grabbed Carley and Odd's rations, I thought they were gonna take my hand off!"

"They're all on the edge. Just cut those two some slack." Lee told him. Mark sighed. "You're right. I just wish I knew how much food we have left," said Mark. "You're gonna have to ask Lilly. She's the one in charge of everything," said Ulrich.

"You guys think that Kenny and Yumi are having better luck than us?" asked Mark.

"I hope so," said Ulrich.

"Between our lack of food and Kenny and Lilly fighting all the time, things back at the motel are getting pretty tense," said Mark. "Kenny said he's been thinking about leaveving once he gets the RV running."

"No way Kenny would abandon us. He's a good guy." said William. "Can't blame him. Did you guys hear Larry going off on him last night?" asked Mark. "Oh yeah. Anne and I yelled at him to shut up when we were trying to sleep," said Ulrich.

"What's his deal? Seems like he's got a problem with you in particular Lee," Mark stated.

"He's just looking out for his daughter," said Lee.

"Well, if you ask me he's just some racist asshole," William scoffed. Ulrich smirked. "Good one," he commented before he and William fist bumped.

A bird flew into a tree. Mark hid behind a rock and aimed his rifle at it. "Don't. The sound will attract walkers. One bird's not worth it anyway," said Ulrich.

After he said that, there was a scream. "Oh crap! Was that Kenny and Yumi?" asked Mark. "I don't know! Come on!" Lee exclaimed as they ran towards the direction of the scream. The person screamed again. "To the left!" Ulrich shouted.

They ran left and found two teenage boys about 16-17 in blue high school jackets trying to help a man with light brown hair out of a bear trap. When they saw them, they panicked.

"Oh shit! Please don't kill us! We just wanna help our teacher!" the shorter one with black hair said.

Suddenly, Kenny, who now wore a green T-shirt over a white long sleeved shirt, and Yumi, who now wore a black jacket along with a gray shirt and black pants, ran over to them. "You guys alright?" asked Yumi.

"Get it off! Please get it off me!" the man pleaded painfully. "Travis, maybe these guys can help!" the boy with brown hair said.

"These guys might be with the same guys that raided our camp!" Travis said.

"What guys? Who would set up a bear trap out here?" asked Kenny.

"What the hell happened here anyway?!" asked Ulrich.

"Mr. Parker told us to stay off the streets, so we came out here and-" The boy with brown hair was cut off by his teacher moaning. "Please help us!" he said.

"Shut up, Ben! My dad was in the Special Forces! I know what I'm doing, okay?!" Travis snapped.

"We gotta get this guy outta there!" Lee said. Mark and William got down to examine the trap. "The trap's altered. There's no release switch!" Mark exclaimed.

They heard some growling. They turned and saw walkers coming out from behind trees.

"CRAP! Hurry up! You two stay back!" Kenny ordered as he and Mark began shooting at the walkers. Ulrich and Yumi tried prying the trap open, but it didn't work and made the man scream some more.

"Yumi, Ulrich, get back," Lee said as he walked over to Mr. Parker. The man realized what he was going to do and shouted, "No! Don't!"

"I'm sorry but it's the only way to get you out!" Lee said as he raised the axe high.

"Oh shit." Yumi whispered before she quickly looked the other way as Lee chopped the leg four times and Mr. Parker passed out. Ulrich tried not to puke at the sight but Travis did.

"Quick! Grab him and let's go!" Kenny shouted. Mark quickly picked up the teacher and slung him over his shoulders. William turned to Travis and gasped. "BEHIND YOU!" he yelled. The teen turned around and gasped as walkers began to gang up on him.

"TRAVIS!" Ben exclaimed fearfully as he tried to run to his friend, but was stopped by Lee. "We gotta move!", he said as Travis was tackled by walkers.

"AHH! Arrrrrrrrrgggggk!" he gurgled out as the walkers tackled him.

"MOVE IT, GUYS!" Ulrich shouted as he and the rest of the group ran away while Travis was devoured by the walkers.


At the motor inn, things were pretty quiet compared to the chaos in the woods.

Larry, who now wore a green shirt with brown pants, was working on the fence. His attitude had not changed one. Single. Bit.

Clementine, who now wore orange and yellow leggings with a yellow dress, was kicking a soccer ball at barrels.

Duck, who now wore a long sleeved white shirt under his checkered shirt, was doodling on a piece of wood with chalk while Katjaa, who now wore a light brown jacket and blue jeans, watched him.

Anne, who now wore an unbuttoned denim shirt over a baggy dark blue T-shirt with blue jeans and her signature dark blue hat, was slouching in a chair under the roof of the RV and had her nose buried in the 60th volume of Naruto that Lee had found in the town and given to her. Also, most of her hair was tied into a low rise ponytail while her bangs still covered her right eye.

Carley, who now wore a purple vest over her white shirt along with blue jeans, was sleeping on a couch under the RV roof. She needed that rest after taking the night watch the night before.

Ben (the one with black hair), now wore a red hoodie with black pants. Tim now wore a camouflage jacket over a black T-shirt with blue jeans. Patrick now sported a gray long-sleeved shirt under his leather jacket with blue jeans. The three were sitting next to the RV playing Go Fish.

Aelita, who was now wearing a denim jacket, a pink t-shirt, and blue jeans, was chilling out on the balcony with Jeremy, who now wore a red flannel shirt over a white shirt with brown pants. Also, the blonde's hair had gotten more scruffy looking, a fact that bothered him a bit since he couldn't keep his hair neat now.

Odd now sported a purple jacket over a black T-shirt that said 'Keep calm and RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!' on it with blue jeans. He was relaxing in one of the chairs in the lot. His bangs now stuck out in all directions. His hairstyle surprisingly remained the same, except it seemed spiker than usual.

Lilly, who was now wearing a dark green jacket over a gray T-shirt and dark brown pants, was sitting on top of the RV with a rifle next to her.

She watched the others then looked at Larry and smiled at him, which was rare of her to do.

Suddenly, she heard some rustling coming from the forest. She got her rifle and whistled to the others. They immediately crouched down while Carley woke up and got out her trusty Glock 17. Lilly looked back at the forest and saw Lee, Ulrich, Yumi, William, Kenny, Mark, a teen in a highschool jacket, and a man missing a leg slung over Mark's shoulders dash out of it.

"Hurry up and open the gates! We've got wounded!" Yumi shouted.

"Wounded?!" Aelita exclaimed as she and Jeremy dashed down the stairs. Lilly climbed off the RV while the others ran to the gates. Lee quickly pushed the dumpsters out of the way and got in while some of the group started yelling at once.

"What the?!"

"What's going on?"

"Who the hell are they?!"

"Are you guys okay?"

"What happened to him?!"

"No time for explanations," said Lee as he set the man down in the back of the truck. "Kat, can you fix him up?" asked Kenny. "I'll see what I can do," she said.

"What the hell you guys?! You can't just keep bringing new people here! What were you all thinking?!" Lilly snapped.

"Calm down!" Kenny shouted at her.

"No, I won't calm down! What I want is to know why you guys brought more mouths to feed!" Lilly shouted.

"This guy would have died if we left him back there, Lilly!" Ulrich said.

"So what?" Larry asked harshly, receiving glares from each of the Lyoko Warriors.

"We are not responsible for every single person injured! We need to focus on OUR group and only our group right here, right now!" Lilly said.

"Hold up, Lilly! We didn't even talk to these guys yet! Maybe they CAN be helpful around here," said Carley.

"Yeah. These people are just like us trying to survive this!" said Mark.

Lilly turned to him and said, "The only reason you're here is that you had food. Enough food for all of us and now that food's almost gone and we got about a week's worth left."

She turned to the Ben with brown hair. "And I don't suppose you guys are carrying anything on you," she said.

"Um, no," the teen said as he looked at the ground. Mark then sighed. "You guys can fight it out. Welcome to the family, kid," he said leaving the group to work on the fence.

Clementine walked over to the Ben with brown hair and tugged on his sleeve. "Come over here and see what I drew," she said.

"Huh? What? Oh, OK," he said following her.

"You know, you think you're the leader of this group but we can make our own decisions here ya know! This isn't your own personal dictator ship, Lilly!" Kenny shouted.

"Oh come on, you guys! You're being so dramatic! Everything always turns into some type of struggle for control between you two. I'm not gonna be a part of that!" Carley said walking away.

"Hey, I didn't ask to be the leader of this group! Everyone was happy that I was distributing the food when we had enough but now it's running out!" Lilly shot back.

Jeremy sighed and said, "Hey, it doesn't matter who's in charge here! Those people are here with us now. I guess we'll have to decide what happens next."

"No, Jeremy. It does matter. One person can't be in charge of everything!" said Kenny.

Jeremy sighed at this. Oh, how wrong Kenny was about that...

"Well, I don't see any of you stepping up to make the decisions here! My girl's got more guts than any of you!" Larry said.

"And what about you? Why don't you step up?" Anne shot back.

Larry glared at the girl and said, "You watch your mouth, you little bitch!"

Anne gasped at the insult. "WHAT DID YOU CALL HER?!" Tim growled.

Anne snarled. "Why I oughta-!"

Carley got up from her seat and quickly walked over to Anne. She grabbed her by the collar of her shirt and dragged the girl away from the group before the situation got out of hand.

Lilly sighed and said, "Dad, please. Could you go and help Mark set the fence up again?"

He glared at Lee for a second before leaving to help Mark. Lilly then turned to Lee and Jeremy. "Do you guys think this is easy for me? Everyone's starting to hate me because I'm the one that gives out the rations. But nobody else wants to!" She picked up some food out of a bag.

"Ya know what? I'm not gonna do it tonight. You two can do it. These are today's rations but there's not enough for everybody here. Good luck," she said before leaving.

"But-" Jeremy began, but it was too late. Lilly had returned to her post on the RV. The blonde then sighed. "Well, she's cranky," Jeremy said after a few seconds.

They looked down at the food. Lee had an apple half, two packs of crackers and cheese, and a slice of beef jerky. Jeremy had a banana, two packs of four small cookies, and an apple half. Also, Lilly had given him a can of Pepsi. "You better give that one to Anne," said Lee. Jeremy nodded and they split up.

Jeremy walked over to Anne first. "Hey, greeted," he said. She looked up from her Naruto book and smiled lightly. "Oh hey, Jer. What's up?" she asked. "How are you holding up?" asked Jeremy. "OK, I guess," she answered with a shrug.

"What do you think about this place?"

"As long as no walkers get in, I'm OK with it," Anne said as she leaned back in her chair.

"About Larry..." Jeremy began.

"Ugh, don't get me started! He's such a jerk! Did you hear what he called me earlier?" Anne asked. Jeremy nodded.

"All he does is yell at us saying that we're not doing any work when he's not doing any himself! I swear, I am THIS close to punching his lights out," she growled. Jeremy looked at Larry, who was yelling at Mark.

"You know, I kinda agree with you," he said. Jeremy then handed her the can of Pepsi. "Here, Lee told me to give this to you. We all know how you can get when you go without a soda for a while," he said. "Thanks Jeremy," Anne said as she took the can. He looked down at his food before he walked over to the Ben with brown hair.

"Hey," he greeted.

"Hey," Ben said as he glanced up at the blonde.

"So your name's Ben?" he asked.

"Yeah. Why?" he asked.

"Well, there's another guy here named Ben. Hey Ben!" the blonde haired boy yelled to the raven haired Ben. He looked up from his cards. "What?" he shouted back.

"Could ya come over here for a sec?" asked Jeremy. "Sure," Ben replied as he set down his cards, got up, and walked over to them.

"Ben, meet Ben," Jeremy said with a smirk on his face.

"Well, this is gonna be confusing," Ben #1 said bluntly.

"Definitely. We're gonna have to call you something other than Ben #1," Jeremy said.

"How about Benny?" Odd hollered to them, grinning when he saw the annoyed look on Ben #1's face.

"NO! I hate that nickname," Ben #1 muttered.

"How about Red?" asked Ben #2. The other Ben looked down at his red hoodie and shook his head. "Nah, too obvious."

"How about Rugby?" Tim suggested.

"Our last name? Hmm... Sounds good enough," Rugby said (that's what we'll be calling him from now on) as he walked back to his spot and picked his cards back up.

The blonde then walked over to Carley, who was watching Duck, Clementine, and Ben drawing.

"Guess what it is!" Clementine said as she held up a drawing.

Ben looked at it and said, "I dunno. A dog?"

"Oh, I know! It's a goat, right?" Duck guessed.

"No!" said Clementine.

Jeremy and Carley snickered at this.

"Hey Carley, want some food?" the mini-Einstein asked.

"Sure," the former reporter said as he handed her a pack of cookies.

"Thanks," Carley said with a smile.

Jeremy nodded and looked down at the food in his hands and back at the others. He noticed Katjaa at the truck and walked over to her. "Hi," he greeted. "You hungry?" the mini Einstein asked. "A little," Kat replied. "Here. You'll need this," he said as he gave her the apple half. "Thank you," she said with a smile. Jeremy smiled and nodded.

He noticed his cousin over with Rugby and Tim and walked over to them. "Hey Patrick," he said. "Hey, cuz. What's up?" Patrick asked with a light smile. "Lilly's having Lee and I hand out food. What should I do?" he asked. "Well, if I were you, I'd focus on feeding the kids," Patrick said. "What about Odd?" Jeremy asked raising an eyebrow as the Belpois cousins looked at the purple loving teen, who was currently resting on a chair. "He ate yesterday. I'm pretty sure he can go without food for a while today," said Patrick.

"Are you hungry?" asked Jeremy.

"Little bit," the pale teen replied. Jeremy handed him the other pack of cookies. "Thanks," Patrick said taking the cookies. Tim started drooling at the sight of the food, but Rugby noticed and nudged him, bringing him back to reality.

Jeremy looked down at the last piece of food he had, which was the banana.

He climbed up the stairs that led to the balcony and walked over to Aelita, who was leaning against the railing. "Hi, Aelita," he greeted with a smile. She smiled back and said, "Hi."

"Do you think that guy's gonna make it?" he asked as he gestured to Mr. Parker.

Aelita shrugged. "Katjaa is working on him, so he should be fine," she said.

"We'll probably have to get him some crutches," said Jeremy.

"I don't know, maybe a wheel chair would be better," she said. "He can get away from the walkers faster like that."

"But what if he gets to a set of stairs?" asked Jeremy. Aelita sighed. "Alright, you got me on that one," she muttered, making him smile a little bit.

"You hungry?" he asked. "Nah, I'm good," she said. "You sure?" asked Jeremy.

"Yeah. You should give that to someone else, like the kids," the pink haired girl said. He nodded and walked back down to the lot and walked over to Duck.

"Hey Duck. You hungry?" he asked as Duck eagerly nodded. He smiled and gave him the banana.

"Thanks, Jeremy! I love bananas!" Duck said.

Jeremy and Lee walked back to Lilly.

"That's all we have for today," Jeremy said to her.

"Not easy is it?" she asked.

"Nope. I'm gonna go see how Kat's doing with that guy," Jeremy said as he walked over to the truck.

"How's he doing?" asked the blonde. Kat sadly shook her head and said, "He lost too much blood."

"He didn't make it?" asked Jeremy. "I tried, but there was nothing else I could do," said Kat.

Suddenly, something grabbed her from behind. It was Mr. Parker but he was extremely pale and his eyes were white.

"SHIT! KAT!" Jeremy cried as he tried to pry the zombie off of her. After a few seconds, he managed to pry the walker away from her.

"The axe! Hurry!" he shouted before being grabbed by Mr. Parker.

"AGH!" he cried as he struggled with him and smashed the walker's head on both sides of the pickup hard.

"MOVE!" Rugby yelled as he took the axe from Mark and swung at the the walker, only to miss and get it caught in the window.

"It's stuck!" the teen exclaimed as he tried to pull out the axe. While he was doing that, Jeremy was kicking the walker away. Anne grabbed a piece of wood and smacked it on the head hard, sending it back towards the window. Using the time bought as an advantage, Jeremy backed away from the walker until he fell out of the truck. The walker landed on top of him, but Jeremy, much to his own disgust, dug his thumbs into the walker's eyes and somehow managed to keep it away from his face. Carley quickly walked over to them and took the axe, which Rugby finally managed to get out, and got ready to attack it.

'Watch your fingers, Jeremy!" she warned before chopping the walker in the head, killing it.

Jeremy hauled the corpse off of him and was helped up by Carley.

"You OK?" she asked.

"Yeah. Thanks," Jeremy said adjusting his glasses.

Larry glared at Lee and shouted, "You idiot! Why'd you bring him here in the first place?! You're gonna get all of us killed!"

Anne stepped in between the two and said, "For once, will you stop blaming everything on him?!"

"Why didn't you tell us he was bitten?!" Kenny demanded walking over to Ben.

"I swear, he wasn't bitten!" the brunet said.

"Well your 'not bitten' friend right there nearly got Jer and Kat killed!" shouted Kenny.

"Hey, give him a break! He might've not known about the bite!" William said.

"Wait. Y'all don't know?" asked Ben.

"Know about what?" Odd asked as everyone turned their attention to Ben.

"It's not the bite that does it," he said.

"Whaddya mean, 'not the bite'?! You get bit and you're dead!" Anne said.

"You come back no matter how you die. If you don't destroy the brain, that's what happens," Ben explained.

Everyone's eyes widened at this revelation.

"Oh God..." Yumi whispered.

"So... we're all infected?" asked Lee.

"Yeah, I guess so," Ben muttered. "When I first saw it happen, we were all hiding in a gym. We thought we were safe, but a cheerleader named Jenny Pitcher couldn't take it and took a lot of pills and when someone went into the girls room next morning..."

They all stared at Ben until they heard Carley shout, "BACK OFF!"

They turned to see Carley holding her gun up at two men standing outside the homemade gates.

"Whoa there, lady! Relax! Me and my brother are just lookin' for help!" one of the men said in a thick southern accent.

"Are you guys armed?" asked Patrick.

"Yeah... for protection. Dead could be anywhere right now, ya know," the second man said.

"Then why do you need gas?" Aelita asked.

"Our place is protected by an electric fence that runs on a generator. The generator runs on gas. Look, my family owns a dairy a few miles away from here. If y'all be willing enough to lower your guns, we can talk about some kind of trade," said the first man.

"How ya'll doin' on food? We got plenty of it back at the dairy," said the second man.

They thought about it for a moment.

"Lee, how about you, Mark, and Odd check the place out and see if it's legit?", Lilly asked.

"Alright," said Lee.

"I'm coming with you. You'll need someone with good observation skills," said Jeremy.

"Me too. I got your back if anything seems fishy," said Carley.

"Count me in," Anne said.

"I guess I'll come," muttered Ben.

"So what're ya'll thinking?" asked the second man.

"OK, we'll go to the dairy," said Lee. "We'll bring some gas to your dairy and in exchange, you give us some food to bring back here."

"Deal. By the way, I'm Andy and this is my brother Danny," said the first man.


They walked down a clear path in the woods.

"So you guys really have food?" asked Anne.

"Sure do. We lost most of the cattle, but we managed to stock up on milk, butter, and cheese," said Andy

Anne glanced back and noticed Lee and Carley talking. She smirked and nudged Odd a little bit.

"What?" the boy asked as Anne pointed back at Lee and Carley. "Oh," he said once he realized what was going on and started snickering.

"So, Lee, where you from?" Andy asked, ignoring the two snickering teenagers.

"Well, you could say the motor inn is my home now," said Lee.

Andy nodded and said, "Y'all seem pretty comfortable back at the motor inn. Who's running things there?"

"We work as a group and look out for each other," said Jeremy.

"I hear that," Andy said.

They kept chatting about the motor inn until they heard a voice shout, "You think they're gonna cut me outta this?!"

"Get down!" Odd whispered as they all ducked down. They looked in the direction of where the voice came from and saw two men in ski masks arguing.

"Great. Bandits," Andy muttered.

"No one's trying to cut you outta anything!", one of them said.

"Who are they?" asked Anne.

"Assholes, that's who they are," said Danny.

"...and ya know what? We ate it all! What're you gonna do about it?!" one of the bandits shouted.

"Don't worry. Danny and I got ya covered if something happens, but let's just wait and see what happens and hope they leave," said Andy.

Suddenly one of them kicked the other one down and shot him in the head, shocking the group.

"Holy shit!" Carley whispered.

He shot the already dead bandit in the head three more times before leaving.

"Okay, I'm gonna have nightmares for weeks now that I've seen that," Jeremy muttered with wide eyes as he leaned back against the tree he hid behind.

"The world out here has gone to shit... Come on, let's get to the dairy where it's safe," Andy said as they got up and left.


They stepped out of the woods to find a beautiful farm.

"Welcome to the St. John's family dairy," said Andy. "This is how we kept our place safe," he said gesturing to an electric fence.

"So this fence keeps 'em out?", asked Mark.

"You betcha. If a walker touches it, they get fried like bugs in a zapper. We're pushing 4000 volts through that thing with generators and amps."

Carley whistled. "I bet that's a lot," she said as a woman with red hair wearing a pink flannel shirt and jeans came out of the house. "Why hello there!" the woman greeted in a cheerful tone.

"Everyone, this is our mama," Andy introduced.

"I'm Brenda St. John and welcome to the St. John dairy!", she said as everyone nodded.

"This here is Lee. He's been living at that old motel," said Andy.

"They've got a few more friends staying there," said Danny.

"That place is pretty vunerable. Do you have anyone with survival experience to lead your group?"

"We work together. We've also got people with fighting and military experience," said Lee.

"That's good, because that motel ain't the safest place but now that y'all are here, we'll make sure you and those kids are safe," said Brenda.

"Does that apply to the rest of us?" asked Lee.

"We're awful hungry," said Carley.

"Don't worry. I baked you these fresh this morning," Brenda said as she held out a basket full of biscuits.

"Amazing!" Carley exclaimed.

Odd tried to grab a few, but Anne grabbed him by the hood and pulled him back.

"Hey, hey, hey, hey! Save some for everyone else!" she said.

"But I'm hungry!" Odd whined.

"You're always hungry, Odd," Anne retorted.

Danny smirked. "Can't get stuff like that anymore, not without a cow for milk and butter, that's for sure."

"That's right. Hopefully our cow Maybelle will make it through this with whatever she's got left and be with us for a good long while," said Brenda.

"Your cow's sick? What-", Lee began to say but was cut off by Mark, who said, "We have a vet back at the inn! We could bring her here and see what's wrong with your cow!"

"A vet? Oh my! Our prayers have been answered!", Brenda said happily.

"Maybe our whole group could come for the day," said Mark.

"Well how about this, ya'll go get your friends and I'll prepare some dinner. A nice big feast for all of your growling stomachs. It'll be nice to have someone to help out here again. Danny, why don't you come help me out in the kitchen?", asked Brenda.

"Sure thing, mama," Danny said as the two walked into the house.

"Why don't I go back to the inn with the food and round up everyone for the trip back here?", asked Carley.

"You might wanna take someone with you. Remember, the roads can be very dangerous these days," said Andy.

"Don't worry, I can take care of myself," said Carley.

"Here, take this," Mark said as he handed her his rifle. "And why don't you take Ben, Jeremy, Anne, and Odd with you?"

"OK," she said as she turned to Lee.

"Take care of yourself, Lee," she said. She turned around to find Anne and Odd smirking at her.

"What are you two smiling at?", she asked.

"Nothing," Odd said as they left the dairy.


The walk back was surprisingly quiet.

"So uh... where are you and your friends from, Jeremy?", Ben asked, hoping to start a conversation.

"We're from France and my cousin Patrick was until he moved to Atlanta several months ago," said the blonde genius.

"Then why are you here?", asked Ben.

"We came here to visit my cousin, aunt, and uncle. Three months ago, the gang and I were just hanging out at the town park until they playfully stole my glasses. I managed to get them back but then we noticed something in the woods so we checked it out and found out it was a walker and we ended up getting chased by more of them, so we camped out in Patrick's house. After about two days, we decided to get out of there, so we jumped over the backyard fence and met Lee and Clementine."

"Wow," Ben said.

"So what about you? Where are you from?", asked Anne.

"Me? I'm from Stone Mountain," Ben said. "I was traveling with the band on the way to the football playoffs when the plague hit."

Soon, they made it back to the motor inn and told them about everything back at the dairy.

"No way! Seriously?!", asked Kenny. "Then let's go!"

"Whoa whoa, wait! We need someone to keep an eye on the inn!" Yumi pointed out.

"Good idea. Carley, you and Ben stay here and hold down the fort," said Lilly.

"Why us?", asked Ben. "Cause you ate a few of the biscuits on the way back," Lilly stated as if it was the simplest thing in the world.

"I'll stay here too," said William.

"OK, then let's go," said Kenny as everyone, except for Ben, Carley, and William, left.


A short time later, they had reached the dairy once again.

"Wow, they weren't kidding about the electric fence," said Ulrich once he saw the fence.

Andy and Brenda walked over to them.

"I see y'all decided to come," Andy stated.

"Hey, where's Lee and Mark?", asked Patrick.

"They went to check on the fence and- Oh! Here they come now!", Brenda said as they saw Lee and Mark rushing over to the gates. Andy started to walk over to them but began to run once he saw Mark limping. They others noticed this and followed him.

"Lee, what happened?!" Aelita asked as soon as they made it over to them. She gasped when she saw the arrow in Mark's shoulder.

"Bandits ambushed us and shot Mark," Lee explained.

"I-I'm okay... i-it's just an arrow..." Mark insisted, but groaned shortly after.

"Brenda's got you, sweetheart. C'mon inside and we'll get this sorted out," Brenda said as she led him to the house.

"Whoa, hold on a minute! Did you say bandits attacked this place?", asked Larry.

"Yeah, we ran into a couple on the way here but they didn't notice us. They gave us some trouble a while back and killed our farmhands but we managed to keep them off our backs by making a deal," said Andy.

"You KNEW about these people?!", Kenny asked.

"Food for protection. We didn't have much of a choice anyway," said Danny.

"GRR! Carley said that this place was safe!" Larry shouted.

Anne rolled her eyes. "There he goes again," she muttered, placing a hand on her hip.

"Maybe it isn't as safe here as we thought," said Lee.

"We're sorry we didn't tell you," Andy said. "Listen, we may have had an agreement with these people, but we will NOT take this shit!"

"You know where those jerks are?!" asked Yumi.

"They're hard to locate but I think I know where at least ONE of their camps are. When you're ready to come scope it out, let me know," Danny said as both of the St. Johns brothers walked up to the house.

"Alright! I can't wait to-" Odd began, but was cut off by Lee.

"No, Odd. You and the others are staying here," he said. "These bandits are dangerous."

"DANG IT!" the teen yelled.

"I say that this place is safer than that inn! We could even take over this place," said Kenny.

"Take over? These people are nice enough to help us out and you wanna take over their farm?" Rugby snapped.

"The kid's got a point. These are nice people. Let's not do anything to get us thrown out before we eat," said Larry.

"I'm gonna go and help Danny find out where those bandits are hiding. You guys should try to make friends with Andy and Brenda," said Lee.

"That's easy. I got charm coming right outta my-"

"Yeah... we get the point," Yumi said cutting Larry off, not wanting to hear the end of that sentence.

"Wait a minute. Where's Carley, Ben, and William?", asked Lee. "They decided to stay and keep an eye on the inn," Tim explained.

Andy walked over to them and said, "Hey, I remember seeing kids in your group, so I fixed up the swing over there for them. Hope you kids like swings!"

Duck and Clementine got excited. "A swing! I love swings! Just like the one back at my treehouse! Come on, Duck!", an excited Clem said she and Duck ran to the swing. Kenny smiled and followed them.

"Thanks," said Lee.

"Anytime. We're looking out for ya," Andy said as he went back to the house. The gang went to explore the farm a little.

"Hey, check out this thing!", Odd said as he walked over to a small box.

"That must be the generator for the fence," Jeremy said as he and Aelita walked over. "I wouldn't mess with it if I were you," he said to the blonde. "Right. Don't wanna get electrocuted again," Odd said as he walked away.

A few minutes later, after Lee pushed Clementine a little bit on the swing, he left with Danny while the others stayed behind. Jeremy walked around, not paying attention to where he was going.

"Look out!"

"WHOA!", Jeremy cried as he quickly ducked down just as Duck swung forward on the swing.

"Sorry!", Duck yelled as he kept swinging while Kenny pushed him.

"It's OK," Jeremy said as he got back up and adjusted his glasses. He looked to the right and noticed that Anne was lying on a chair while using another one as a footstool with her arms crossed and had her hat over her eyes.

"Well, she seems comfy already," Kenny said as he stopped pushing Duck for a minute.

As soon as he said that, the Rugby twins snuck over to Anne and stood behind the chairs. They grabbed the chairs and Rugby gave a silent countdown with a smirk on his face before they yanked the chairs out from underneath Anne as she fell to the ground and landed on her back.

"OW! Son of a-!", Anne yelled as she hit the ground. The twins burst out laughing at this.

"GUYS!", she shouted as she picked up her hat and placed it back on her head.

"Uh-oh!", Rugby said before they took off running.

"Yeah, you better run!", she yelled at her 'brothers' before running after them. Kenny and Jeremy cracked up at this. Jeremy glanced at Clementine and noticed that her hat was missing.

"Hey Clem, where's your hat?", he asked.

"I lost it, but Lee promised me that he was gonna find it," the little girl said.

"That's nice of him," he said with a smile as he looked up and saw Lee and Danny walking through the gate.

"Hey Lee!" he greeted as he ran over to them. He stopped when he noticed that Danny was carrying a crossbow.

"Uh, Danny? Where'd you get that?", he asked.

"You don't wanna know," Lee said. "So what's been going on here while we were gone?"

"Nothing much, except Rugby and Tim pulled a prank on Anne again and are now hiding from her," the blonde said with a smirk as he walked over to Aelita, who was looking at the porch.

"What're you looking at?", he asked before looking up to see Larry and Brenda talking and laughing.

"Uh... is he flirting with her?", Jeremy asked. "Looks like it," said Aelita. He smiled and shook his head.

"Jeremy!"

Jeremy turned to the right to see Kenny.

"Hey Kenny. What's up?", he asked.

"Lee and I found something. You might wanna see it," he said.

Confused, Jeremy followed him to the barn, where Kat, Duck, Andy, and Clem were sitting by a cow.

"Hi Jeremy!", said Duck.

"Hey Duck," he said as he noticed a huge white block next to them.

"What's this?", he asked, kneeling down.

"Daddy said it's called a salt lick," said Duck.

"Yeah, but don't lick it. It's gross!", said Clem.

Jeremy smiled and asked, "You didn't lick it, did you?"

The girl stared at him with wide eyes.

"I don't know...", Clementine said after a couple seconds.

Jeremy chuckled before Kenny whistled and gestured for him to come over to where he and Lee were standing.

"What's going on?", he whispered once he came to them.

"Lee and I think there's something behind this door, but with Andy there...", Kenny whispered.

"You want me to make up some sort of distraction?", asked Jeremy.

"Exactly," said Kenny.

"Hold on," Jeremy said as he walked outside to the generator. He made sure no one was watching before he opened the lid and pulled a wire out. Once the generator stopped, he ran back to the barn.

"Hey, Andy. There's something wrong with the generator," he said.

"Really? OK thanks for letting me know," Andy said as he left to check on the generator.

"That should keep him busy for a bit," he whispered to Lee and Kenny. Suddenly, a bell rang. Duck got excited.

"It's dinner time!", he shouted as he, Katjaa, and Clementine left the barn. Kenny walked to the door and turned to Lee and Jeremy.

"I'll keep them busy. You two get that thing off of there," he whispered before leaving the barn. Lee and Jeremy turned to the door.

"Got a screwdriver?", asked Jeremy.

Lee picked up a multitool by his foot. "I do now," he said.

"Good. We can use that to get the screws off there," said Jeremy. Lee nodded and started unscrewing the bolts. While he did, Jeremy looked over a stall door and noticed a bunch of clothes thrown into a bin.

"Got it! Now let's see what's behind Door Number 1!", Lee joked as he pushed the doors opened. What they saw next shocked them. Inside the room was a bunch of cutting tools with blood splattered all over the wall and floor.

"Didn't you two hear the bell? It's time for dinner," Andy said as he walked over to them.

"What's with all that blood?", asked Jeremy.

"We used to skin animals in there when we hunted them," Andy replied simply before walking out of the barn. Jeremy and Lee looked at him with uncertainty before following him into the house.

"Wow! Look at all this food!", Odd shouted.

"Calm down, Odd," said Patrick.

"Everybody settle down and I'll get dinner ready," Brenda said as everyone except for Lee and Jeremy took a seat.

"Hey, where's Mark?", asked Jeremy.

"Don't worry. I already fed him and he's upstairs resting," Brenda replied.

"Uh... is it OK if I was my hands first?", asked Lee. Brenda nodded. "Bathroom's right out the hallway," she said. Lee nodded and walked away from the dining room. But he didn't go to the bathroom and snuck upstairs. Jeremy noticed this before following him.

"Lee, what're you doing?", he asked. "Something's not right about this, Jer," Lee told him before opening a closet. The blonde haired boy noticed a power cord and knelt down and flipped the ON switch. As soon as he did, a light turned on in another room. Lee noticed this and opened the door to the room where Mark was resting.

"What the?", he asked. Jeremy peeked through the doorway and gasped. "Where's Mark?!", he asked before his eyes wandered to a light shining behind a bookcase. They heard moaning coming from behind it. Lee pushed the bookshelf back and opened the door. Once they saw what was in it, their eyes widened. Mark was lying on the floor with both of his legs chopped off!

"MARK?! What happened to you?", Jeremy asked as they kneeled down.

"Don't... eat... dinner...", Mark said softly.

"AELITA!", Jeremy yelled once he realized what Mark meant. He rushed out the door and ran down the stairs, followed by Lee. They reached the dining room just in time to see Aelita and Clementine about to take a bite out of the meat.

"DON'T EAT THAT!", Jeremy shouted, stopping the two girls, and even the rest of the Lyoko Warriors from taking a bite. Danny, Andy, and Brenda just kept eating.

"What's your problem, Einstein?", Odd asked.

"You're eating HUMAN meat!", the genius shouted.

"Whoa there Jer. You're gonna scare the kids," said Kenny.

"It's true! Go upstairs and you'll find a guy with both of his legs cut off!", Lee shouted.

Katjaa noticed what he said and immediately took away Duck's plate. "Mom, I was eating that!", Duck complained.

"Well Brenda? Whaddya have to say for yourself?", asked Lee.

She sighed. "It's true."

Once she said that, everyone's eyes widened.

"We go after folks that were gonna die anyway," said Andy.

Danny looked up with an emotionless face and said, "Like ya'll."

"Clementine, RUN!", Lee exclaimed. Clem got up to run, but Andy drew his gun.

"Nobody's going anywhere! We got tons of use for y'all," Danny said as he grabbed his rifle.

"Put your guns down! We're leaving right now!", Lilly yelled.

"Don't go near my friends!", Anne growled, dropping her goofy personality.

"I don't wanna die! Mommy, what did I eat?", Duck asked fearfully.

"Everyone! Everything will be OK!", Lee shouted reassuring them.

"Lee... Lee!", Clem said fearfully. Andy noticed this and grabbed her by the hair. That made something in Lee snap.

"LET HER GO!", he shouted as he ran towards him, but stopped when Danny pointed his rifle at his neck. Suddenly, there was some thumping coming from the stairs. Everyone in the room stopped what they were doing and turned towards the stairs. The sound was coming from Mark dragging himself down the hallway.

"Pleaassseeee... someone!", he pleaded. Everyone except the St. Johns family gasped at the sight. Lee turned around to face Clementine but got knocked out by Danny.

The blonde genius ran at Danny to try to disarm him, only to get the handle of a rifle to the face.


Jeremy groaned as he opened his eyes to find that he was staring up at a gray ceiling. He turned his head to see that Larry was pounding on a door and was cussing very loudly. Lilly was leaning on the wall, puking. Anne was sitting on top of a pile of salt licks with her arms crossed. He turned his head the other way and saw that Aelita was sitting next to him. He sat up, surprising the girl.

"Jeremy! Are you OK?", the pink haired girl asked. "Yeah," he muttered as Lee woke up, much to Clementine's relief. "I can't believe I almost ate human meat...", Aelita said. "But you didn't," Jeremy said as he placed a comforting hand on her shoulder.

"LET US OUTTA HERE RIGHT NOW!", Larry snapped, pounding on the door.

"You know that's not gonna work!", Anne said, jumping off of a salt lick.

"Where's everyone else?", asked Jeremy.

"After they knocked you out, they took the others outside and locked us up in here," Anne said.

"Yeah, and we need to find a way outta here to save them," said Kenny.

"THOSE PEOPLE ARE GONNA GET THEIR HEAD'S KNOCKED OFF ONCE I-", Larry shouted before clutching his chest and collapsing.

"DAD!", Lilly exclaimed, running towards him.

"I don't have a pulse!", Aelita said once she checked for one.

"He's gonna turn!", Kenny shouted.

"No, he's not! He's not dead!", Lilly yelled as she started doing CPR.

"He may be a pain, but there has to be some way to save him!", Lee shouted before he took over for Lilly and started doing CPR.

When Clem saw Kenny grab a salt lick, she gasped. "I can't look!", she shouted as she ran to the corner and covered her eyes.

"Come on, old man! Snap out of it!", Lee shouted.

Suddenly, a salt lick landed on Larry's head, crushing it. They gasped and looked up to see that Kenny threw it, and he now looked like he was regretting what he just did.

"NOOOOOOOO!", Lilly cried.

"WHAT THE HELL, KENNY?!", Jeremy yelled.

"I-I'm sorry...", Kenny said as he started backing away. Clementine started crying. Lee knelt down to her.

"Is it over?", she asked.

"Yes. For now. We still need to find a way out of here," said Lee after hugging her.

Aelita and Jeremy walked over to an air vent. "You think this could get us outta here?", asked Aelita.

"I think so. We just need something to get those screws off," said Jeremy.

"Maybe the multitool could-", Lee said as he reached into his pocket. "Of course they took it," he muttered.

"Maybe there's something else we could use. I have a rock," said Clementine.

"Um Clem... a rock won't do that much good," Anne explained.

"But a coin might!", said Lee. "Anyone have a coin?"

Jeremy dug around in his pockets but found nothing.

"No... I left my money at the motel," Anne said.

Lee knelt down next to Lilly. "I think we've found a way out of here, but we need something to remove the screws off of the air conditioner," he said. "Larry mentioned to me that he kept coins in his pockets. We could use a coin to remove the screws."

Lilly sighed. "Do what you have to do," she said looking away. He nodded and dug around in Larry's pockets until he pulled out a quarter.

"That should do," Jeremy said as Lee walked over to the air conditioner and removed the screws with the coin. He pulled the unit off and handed it to Anne. Unfortunately, it was a little heavy for her and she fell to the ground from the weight.

"OOF!"

"There's our way outta here," said Kenny as he helped Anne back up.

"It's too small for us, except for Clem, and possibly Odd," Aelita said.

"Clem, can you crawl through the air duct and unlock the door on the other side?", asked Jeremy.

"I think so," she replied as Lee lifted her up.

"Be careful," Lee told her as she entered the vent. They waited for a few minutes until they heard a click and the door opened, revealing Clementine.

"Nice one, Clementine!", Aelita said. Clem smiled.

"Lilly, you stay behind with the kids until it's safe to come out," Lee said as he and Kenny exited the room.

They waited for about four minutes. Anne started impatiently pacing around the room. "Come on, what's taking them so long?!", she asked. Suddenly, there was a gunshot. They jumped at the noise.

"Come on!", Lilly shouted running out of the room with the others following. They stopped when they entered the room that Jeremy and Lee found earlier.

"Hey, check this out!", Anne said as she walked over to a table piled with weapons.

"These must've been from their previous victims," Aelita said.

"Maybe we could use them," Jeremy said as he picked up a couple guns. Anne picked up a crossbow. "Hey, I saw Danny carrying that when he and Lee came back from that scavenging hunt," he said.

"I bet Odd might wanna use it," Anne said as she held onto it and grabbed some arrows for it. Along with that, she grabbed a few knives and stuffed them in her pocket and also grabbed a gun. Aelita grabbed a katana for Ulrich to use and a gun for herself. Lilly grabbed a rifle before they ran out of the barn past Danny, who was stuck in a bear trap.

"Not so tough now, are ya?", Jeremy taunted as he passed him. The three teens then walked over to the barn doors and crouched down. In the cornfield, a walker came staggering towards the electrical fence. Suddenly, something slashed it from behind and the walker collasped. They looked closely to see that it was Carley who had killed the walker. The three smiled when they saw her.

"Carley!", Anne whispered happily.

Carley got up and looked at the three.

"Jeremy? Anne? Aelita?", she asked as Ben and William appeared next to her.

"Is everyone OK? You guys have been gone WAY too long!", said Carley.

"We need your help! Larry's dead and the St. John's chopped off Mark's legs and tried to feed them to us!", Aelita explained.

"Holy sh**!", William said.

"Listen, Lee and Kenny have gone to rescue Kat and Duck. You have to help them!", said Jeremy. "And whatever you do, don't let the St. Johns see you!"

"Right. Meet up with us as soon as you find the others!", Carley said as she, Ben, and William ran off.

BOOM!

The three teens looked up at the sky and saw lighting. "Great. I hate lightning and thunderstorms. Of all the times it had to storm, it had to be now?", Anne muttered before they heard shouting.

"Let us out!"

"If anyone's out there, open this freaking door!"

"What's going on out there?!"

"Open the door!"

The shouting came from a shed about 15 feet away from them. They ran to it and Jeremy removed a long piece of wood that was keeping it shut. Jeremy yanked the doors open and the rest of the Lyoko Warriors tumbled out of it.

"Guys?", Aelita asked as she helped them up.

"Hey you three!", Yumi said smiling as she pushed herself up. "What happened?"

"We were thrown into a meat locker and Larry had a heart attack in there. Lee and Lilly tried giving him CPR but Kenny said that he was gonna turn and threw a salt lick on his head," Jeremy explained.

Their friend's jaws dropped.

"Crap... where are they now?", asked Ulrich. "Lee and Kenny went to rescue Kat and Duck. Lilly and Clementine are hiding in the barn. Carley, William, and Ben just got here and are trying to sneak in without the St. Johns noticing," Anne explained. She then remembered the crossbow in her hand.

"By the way, we found these in the barn," Anne said as she handed Odd the crossbow. "Thought you might wanna use it," she said. "Alright! I can't wait to use this bad boy!", the blonde exclaimed. Aelita handed Ulrich the katana. "Thanks Aelita," he said as he took it. Suddenly, they heard Kenny yell, "Don't you f**king hurt my son!"

"Come on!", Jeremy shouted as they ran towards their friends. When they got there, they found Andy holding a gun on the back of Duck's head.

"Let him go!", Kenny shouted. "That ain't gonna happen!", Andy said.

"Andy, don't!", Aelita shouted as she reached them. "Shut up, pinky!", Andy growled.

While he was distracted, Kenny ran at him. Andy quickly turned around and shot him in the chest.

"KENNY!", Katjaa exclaimed as she ran over to check on him.

"NO! DAD!", Duck cried as Andy held the gun at the back of his head again.

"Who the hell do you people think you are?! Look at what you've done!", shouted Andy.

"Hey, calm down," Lee said. "Calm down?! All we wanted was gas for our generator!", Andy yelled.

Suddenly, a bullet grazed his head. They looked around and saw that it was Carley who shot him.

"NOW!", Jeremy shouted as Duck ran away from Andy.

"Duck, stay with your parents!", Ulrich told the younger boy as he ran at Andy, who held the rifle in front of him. The two wrestled around with it before Ulrich kicked him in the shin, knocked him off his feet, and sent him tumbling down the hill towards the electric fence. Andy got back up and turned the generator on. Lee quickly ran over and punched him, but Andy kicked him in the stomach and grabbed him by the back of his leather jacket and started to drag him to the electric fence. He attempted to force Lee to bite into the wire as Lee struggled with him. As he struggled, Lilly and Clementine stepped out of the barn.

"LILLY!" he shouted. Lilly nodded and shot Andy, forcing him to let go of Lee. Lee got up and pinned Andy down so he couldn't get up. He then started to punch him repeatedly. Soon, the entire group came together and watched him punch the cannibal.

When Andy's face started to swell up, Carley and Jeremy decided to step in.

"Lee, stop!" Carley told him.

"I think he's had enough," said Jeremy. Lee nodded and got up.

"Is that all you got?! You ain't shit!" Andy yelled as he struggled to get back up.

"It's OVER!" Lee yelled, panting heavily from the adrenaline.

"Fuck you! As soon as Danny and Mama get out here, you're all screwed!" Andy shouted boastfully, thinking his mother and brother would kick their asses.

"They're both dead," Lee lied, well, half-lied. Brenda had died from an undead Mark biting her, and he wasn't so sure about Danny. Andy's eyes widened at this.

"What the hell did you do?!" he asked with pure heartbreak as Lee turned around and began to walk away.

"Don't you DARE walk away from me, Lee!" Andy growled, pointing at him. "Come back and finish this, Lee!" he yelled. Lee stopped in his tracks and looked back at him, then the group. He shook his head and walked back to the group.

"Let's go," he said as he walked past them. They heard growling and saw a several walkers stumbling out of the woods and as they did, the generator stopped working.

"They're getting in!" Clementine exclaimed as she pointed at the walkers.

"That's not good," Ulrich muttered. "Come on! Let's go!" Lee called to them as they quickly left the dairy while Andy just collapsed on his knees and stayed there while the walkers invaded the farm.


It had stopped raining a little bit after they left. Most of the group was silent as they walked down the path. Kenny held his injury as he limped slightly. "Man, I still can't believe that I almost ate Mark," Patrick said as he shoved his hands into his pockets. "Yeah. We're lucky that Lee and Jeremy stopped us before we could take a bite," Yumi said as they looked at Lee, who was talking to Carley about what had happened, and Jeremy, who was silently walking with Aelita.

"So... what do you think happened to Andy?" asked Aelita. "He most likely was eaten by walkers. He deserved it," Jeremy replied as he looked straight ahead.

Suddenly, Kenny said, "Hey, there's something up ahead."

They stopped walking and saw a station wagon in the middle of the road. Lee snuck over to it and found no one in it. The others looked in the back and gasped.

"Holy crap, look at all this food!" William exclaimed.

"This food could save all of us," Katjaa said.

"Wait guys, we don't know if these people are dead," said Ben.

"If we took this food, we'd just be more monsters ruining their lives," Lilly said.

"This stuff isn't ours," Clementine pointed out.

"Dad, who's car is it?" asked Duck.

"Don't worry. It's abandoned," said Kenny.

"But what if it's not? What if it IS someone's?" Clementine asked as everyone looked at the little girl. "You're right, Clementine. We shouldn't take this," Lee said.

"I agree," said Jeremy. "Me too. I'm not gonna take it," said Aelita.

"Well, the rest of us will," Kenny insisted. Lee reluctantly tossed him the keys to the car as the others started to take the boxes of food and supplies out of the car while Lee, Clem, Jeremy, and Aelita watched.

"Lee, I found a hoodie in here. It looks like it could fit Clementine," said Kat. Lee looked at Clementine, who shook her head. "She's OK," he said as Carley walked over to them.

"I found some batteries in a box. I found some for your camcorder and found some for your walkie talkie," Carley said as she handed a pair of batteries to Clem.

"Batteries, huh? Think you can handle it?" Lee asked jokingly.

"You're not gonna let me live that one down are you?" asked Carley as she placed them into the camcorder. Once she saw the video, her eyes widened. "Lee, Jeremy, you're gonna want to see this," she said as she showed them the video. It showed them at the motel the first week they got there. It skipped a little bit and showed bandits ganging up on someone. It skipped again and showed them setting up the barrier while Lee chatted with Clementine. The camera turned around to face a woman who was recording the scene.

"Look at you. You're all sitting around acting like things never changed. It's not the dead that are the monsters, it's the LIVING. Don't you worry, little girl. Bandits got their eye on that dairy. As along as they keep giving them food, you'll be safe," the woman said before the video ended in static, leaving the three people who just watched it shocked.